Our History Timeline
Explore our story right from the start, 1954 - 2024.
Olympic Games Paris 2024
Sole Supplier of the Paris 2024 Olympic Hockey with our world-class hockey goals, shelters and more. Thrilled to be part...
2024
Celebrating 70 years of manufacturing excellence
In May 2024, we celebrated our 70th year of manufacturing excellence and remembered our Founder Ron Harrod and all that...
2024
FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023
Supplier of Football Goals and equipment to the FIFA Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia. Fantastic to see our goals...
2023
FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023
Proud suppliers of Football Goals and equipment to our first FIFA Women's World Cup hosted by Australia & New Zealand...
2023
Pan American Games Santiago 2023
Supplying the Santiago Pan American Games with Hockey Goals, Team Shelters, Technical Shelters, Stick Racks and Bag Trolleys.
2023
PSG Training Campus
Supplied Football Goals and Team Shelters to the new Paris St Germain multi-million training campus.
2023
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
Sole supplier of football goals across all 8 stadiums and 41 training grounds in Qatar.
2022
Rugby League World Cup 2021
Suppliers of rugby posts, protection pads and flags to the 2021 Rugby League World Cup in England.
2022
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Birmingham
Official suppliers of Hockey Goals, Shelters and Netball Posts to the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
2022
UEFA Women's Euros 2022
Football goal suppliers to the UEFA Women's Euros across select stadiums in England.
2022
World’s first FIFA Quality certified goal
The Stadium Pro goal has been approved in the FIFA Quality Programme for Football Goals, making it the first ever...
2022
FIFA Club World Cup 2021
Suppliers of football goals and flags for the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup in the UAE.
2022
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Supplier of Hockey Goals and Shelters to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
2021
2020 UEFA European Football Championship
Harrod Sport was thrilled to be involved in the European Championships returning to the UK for the first time since...
2021
Ron Harrod Foundation Award Success
The Ron Harrod Foundation won the 'Outstanding Sporting Achievement of the Year' award at the Stars of Suffolk Awards.
2019
Vitality Netball World Cup 2019
Due to our strong relationship with England Netball which has spanned over 20 years, we were asked to supply Netball...
2019
Pan American Games, Peru
Suppliers of hockey equipment & team shelters to the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.
2019
UEFA Champions League Final
Official football goal suppliers to the UEFA Champions League Final in Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid.
2019
Men's Hockey World Cup 2018 - Odisha, India
Harrod Sport goals were used for the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup in Odisha, India.
2018
Vitality Women's Hockey World Cup at Lee Valley
Suppliers of Hockey goals and equipment to the Vitality Women's Hockey World Cup at Lee Valley in London.
2018
Launched ISP
In 2018 we welcomed our new and exciting division to the company – Innovative Sports Products! At ISP we aim...
2018
Hockey World League 2017
Supplier of hockey equipment to the Hockey World League 2017 at the Olympic legacy venue Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis...
2017
Stadium Pro Goal Launched
The latest evolution in goal posts which allows for precision height adjustment. The new patent pending technology is a development...
2017
FIH Champions Trophy
Suppliers of Hockey Goals, Nets and Team Shelters to England Hockey and as used at the 2016 FIH Champions Trophy.
2016
Super 6s
As official goal suppliers to England Hockey, we were delighted to supply the Indoor Super 6s match goals and sponsor...
2016
Vitality Netball Superleague
Proud suppliers of bespoke netball post protectors to all of the Vitality Netball Superleague matches.
2016
Harrod UK first appear on Wikipedia.
We were pleased to see that Harrod UK was introduced onto Wikipedia in 2015.
2015
Rio 2016 Test Event
Proud suppliers of Hockey goals and nets to the Rio 2016 Olympics field of play. The test event took place...
2015
Rugby World Cup - England
Following previous experience, we were awarded the contract to proudly supply our rugby posts to all 13 venues chosen to...
2015
Euro Hockey Championship
The Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park plays host to the Euro Hockey Championships. As...
2015
Pacific Games 2015
Proud suppliers of equipment to the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
2015
AFC Asian Cup 2015
Proud suppliers of equipment to the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, Australia.
2015
2015 U20 FIFA World Cup
We successfully sent a full-to-capacity container containing football goals and nets destined for use at the FIFA U20 World Cup,...
2015
Hockey Champions Trophy
October saw another container full of sports equipment leave the Harrod UK loading bay, this time destined for Bhubaneswar, India...
2014
Glasgow Commonwealth Games
We were proud suppliers of hockey goals and nets, netball and rugby posts to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
2014
IIP Gold Award
We were delighted to be awarded the prestigious Investors In People (IIP) Gold award. The gold award is the highest...
2014
The Netball Development Trust (NDT)
Harrod UK play their part in creating a netball legacy overseas. We felt privileged to continue our support of The...
2014
Rugby Sevens World Cup - Moscow
Suppliers of our international rugby posts to the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow.
2013
Champions League Final - Wembley
Suppliers of football goals to the UEFA Champions League Final, Wembley Stadium
2013
London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Sole Suppliers to The London 2012 Olympic Games for goals, nets and shelters for football, hockey, Paralympic football and wheelchair...
2012
European Championships - Ukraine
We were proud suppliers of football goals to the final of the UEFA European Championships in Ukraine.
2012
London 2012 Sole Supplier Agreement
Signed sole supplier agreement for London 2012 Olympic Games to supply hockey & football goals.
2010
Commonwealth Games - Delhi
Official Suppliers of Rugby Goals and Netball Posts to the Delhi Commonwealth Games in India.
2010
Waveney Chamber Business Awards
Winner of the Waveney Chamber's Business of the Year award.
2008
NFL International Series - Wembley
Supplier of American Football post for the first NFL International Series game at Wembley.
2007
Website Re-launch
Following the success of the 2007/08 catalogue, Harrod UK was inspired to reinvent its website with its continually evolving brand...
2007
Recognised for Excellence 3 Star
Harrod UK achieved the ‘Recognised for Excellence 3 Star’ Award from the British Quality Foundation.
2006
Factory Fire
After the factory was hit by fire, our disaster recovery plan ensured we were fully operational within 48 hours. Thankfully...
2002
Manchester Commonwealth Games
“As a successful, family owned British business Harrod UK epitomises the company profile which we were aiming for in our...
2002
Sports Website Launch
The company launches its first website for the sports division.
1998
Euro 96 European Championships - England
“Behind the scenes of Euro 96, Harrod UK ensured that the teams had excellent training facilities and that every venue...
1996
Ron Harrod co-founds CEN Committee
Ron Harrod is a co-founding member of the CEN Committee.
1989
EXSL Award
We won the EXSL Sports Retailing Best Service award for the third consecutive year.
1987
New Factory built
The company needed to expand which was why a 16,000 Sq ft factory was built at Cooke Road, Lowestoft. It...
1979
First goals produced
Using local tradesmen, Harrod produces first wooden and steel goals selling six sets in the first season.
1959
First Net Produced
After a request from a teacher, Ron Harrod produced a pair of football nets for a school.
1957
Harrod UK established
R Harrod Ltd set up the business with a £300 investment. The company bought fishing nets, repaired and sold them...
1954